Exhibition Date: May 20-22, 2027 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 3 days)
Opening Hours: May 20-21: 9:00-17:00; May 22: 9:00-14:00
Venue: Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center (No. 1099 Guozhan Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai)
Industry: Fasteners
Organizers: China General Machine Components Industry Association (CMCA), Fasteners Branch of CMCA, Shanghai Ailuo Exhibition Co., Ltd., Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai Ltd.
Frequency: Annual
Exhibition Area: 60,000㎡ (Hall 1 + Hall 2 + Hall 3)
Number of Exhibitors: 1,300+
Number of Visitors: 70+ countries and regions, 40,000+ visitors (estimated data)
Exhibition Profile
The Shanghai International Fastener Industry Expo originated in 1989 with the first "China International Fastener Industry Exhibition" hosted by the Fasteners Branch of the China General Machine Components Industry Association. It officially settled at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center in 2018. It is the sole international professional fastener exhibition under the China General Machine Components Industry Association and its Fasteners Branch, possessing industry leadership and public credibility.
The Fasteners Branch of the China General Machine Components Industry Association is the only representative national industry association for China's fastener industry. For over forty years, the association has shouldered the responsibility of leading industry transformation, serving industrial upgrading, and empowering enterprise development. It has continuously promoted the external exchanges and international cooperation of China's fastener industry, serving as an indispensable leading force in the process of China's fastener industry moving from a "major player" to a "strong power".
In China, this is the largest, most comprehensive, and only international fastener exhibition that connects the entire industrial chain. Globally, it is one of the world's top three fastener exhibitions, alongside those in Stuttgart, Germany, and Las Vegas, USA. It is not only a definer of trends in the fastener industry but also a builder of the global fastener trade landscape.
Highlights of the Shanghai International Fastener Industry Expo
Association-Hosted and Credible
Looking at the global fastener exhibition landscape, few can compare with the Shanghai International Fastener Industry Expo in terms of credibility and industry status. As the only international professional fastener exhibition under the China General Machine Components Industry Association and its Fasteners Branch, the exhibition is backed by the only nationally representative industry organization in China's fastener industry. This deep industry cultivation and resource accumulation spanning over forty years have endowed the exhibition with industry cohesion and discourse power that cannot be replicated by any similar event.
Full Chain Connection Displaying a Complete Ecosystem
The three halls are precisely laid out according to the industrial structure, covering the entire chain from "Product—Equipment—Material—Application." This includes raw materials, cold heading machines, thread rolling machines, heat treatment equipment, tapping machines, packaging machines, and screening/testing equipment (auxiliary fastener equipment); to standard fasteners, non-standard parts, and industry-specific fasteners for automotive/new energy/aviation/electronics/wind power/infrastructure; and further to high-end customization and intelligent manufacturing. Exhibitors and visitors can complete all stages from technology benchmarking → sample selection → equipment procurement → capacity planning within a single exhibition.
International Lineup Demonstrating Core Strength
With the continuous release of the exhibition's brand influence, it attracts 1,300+ top-tier brands and specialized and new forces from dozens of countries and regions, including China, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. Industry leaders such as Baosteel, Xing Steel, Sijin Intelligent, Yuan Tuo, Kasuga Machinery, NedSchroef, Kroner, Aozhan Industrial, Fober, Qunzhan, Aerospace Precision Engineering, Feiwo Technology, Dongrui, Youxin, and Biaowu Shanggong are all present. In particular, the equipment lineup and specifications rank among the top globally, with exhibitor quality and industry gold content reaching new heights repeatedly.
Top-Tier Global Buyer Configuration
The lineup of overseas buyers has simultaneously received a significant upgrade. Professional buyer delegations from 70 countries and regions, including Europe, America, and Southeast Asia, have confirmed large-scale group visits. The on-site international procurement zone and business matching meetings have been fully expanded. The audience is expected to exceed 40,000+. Attendees can engage in face-to-face docking with global buyers such as Würth, Leyo, Fastenal, Bossard, Apex, fischer, Hilti, Stanley, and Duncan, forming a powerful global supply chain hub.
Precise Focus on New Industrial Blue Oceans
The global industrial fastener market continues to grow steadily, with an estimated scale of up to $97.15 billion in 2026. Facing the explosive demand in fields such as automotive, new energy, aerospace, electronics, and infrastructure, the exhibition closely follows industry trends and directly converts the frontier demands of this industrial golden track into trade opportunities. Hall 3 is specially set up to concentrate on displaying frontier technologies, high-end fasteners, and intelligent manufacturing brands, providing an excellent strategic window for enterprises to gain insights into technology trends and seize future market increments.
Launchpad for Global New Products and Technologies
The Shanghai International Fastener Industry Expo attracts many leading enterprises to choose this exhibition for the global launch of their most important and gold-rich innovative achievements of the year. From high-end intelligent manufacturing equipment to new materials and finished products, enterprises use the practical action of "launching here" to verify the irreplaceability of this exhibition as the industry's number one release platform.
High-Spec Forums Deeply Empowering
The exhibition concurrently creates high-value forums and activities, closely addressing real enterprise pain points and frontier trends. The content deeply covers core directions such as IFS new products and technologies, automotive fastening connections, aerospace intelligent manufacturing, fastener steel materials, and industrial upgrading. By further opening the closed loop of "technical seminar—achievement transformation—trade implementation," it provides fastener enterprises with more forward-looking technical benchmarking and capacity planning decision support.
Strong Combination of Organizers
The exhibition organizing team consists of Ailuo's 17-year senior operation team for fastener exhibitions + Hannover Milano (Germany), a top international exhibition company + a national-level industry association. This combination means: possessing both professional depth in deep cultivation of the industry and the operational standards of top international exhibitions, as well as the resource thickness of the industry association. After several editions of precipitation, the exhibition's reputation and credibility are widely acclaimed in the industry. The exhibitor return rate climbs year by year, and the brand benchmark effect becomes increasingly prominent.
Exhibition Zones / Product Scope
Hall 1 (Raw Materials, Equipment, Molds, and Consumables Hall)
Fastener Equipment and Technology: Forming machines, header machines, thread rolling machines, thread rolling machines, combination machines, heat treatment, wire drawing machines, testing equipment, measuring instruments, cleaning equipment, lathes and turning equipment, etc.
Fastener Molds and Consumables: Production molds, oils, surface treatment, chemical agents, auxiliary accessories, etc.
Fastener Technology and Services: Fastener testing technology, patents, licensing services, software services, media, associations and industry organizations, etc.
Fastener Materials: Wire rods, coil rods, strip steel, plates for stamping, stainless steel, copper materials and special alloy steels, material processing and treatment, etc.
Hall 2 (Finished Fasteners Hall)
Standard Fasteners: Bolts, screws, nuts, washers, threaded rods, pins, retaining rings, riveting types, expansion types, anchoring systems, DIY products, non-standard parts, precision lathe hardware parts, innovative fasteners and inventions, thread inserts/thread repair, fastener e-commerce, etc. of various materials.
Industry-Specific Fasteners: Fasteners for electronics and electrical appliances, automotive, motorcycles, construction, wind power, railways, bicycles, chemical industry, nuclear industry, furniture, aviation, solar energy, etc.
Stamping Parts and Lathe Parts: Metal stamping parts, lathe turning products and processing equipment, etc.
Assembly, Installation, and Maintenance: Wrenches, screwdrivers, electric tools, pneumatic tools, welding instruments, fastener maintenance, etc.
Hall 3 (Frontier Technology, High-End Fasteners, Intelligent Manufacturing Brands Hall)
High-End Fasteners / Intelligent Fasteners / Specialized, Sophisticated, and New / Little Giants
Shaped Parts / Non-Standard Parts / Customization to Drawing
Fastener Frontier Technologies
Carbon Neutrality / Green Environmental Protection
Innovative Services / Technology Forums
Co-organizers:
Shanghai SteelLink E-Commerce Co., Ltd. (MySteel), Shanghai Fastener Industry Association, Guangdong Fastener Industry Association, Fastener Branch of Jiangsu Machinery Industry Association, Hebei Fastener Industry Association, Zhejiang Fastener Industry Association, Chongqing Fastener Industry Association, Ningbo Fastener Industry Association, Ningbo Zhenhai District Fastener Industry Association, Dongguan Fastener Industry Association, Dongtai Fastener Industry Association, Yueqing Fastener Industry Association, Pinghu Fastener & Hardware Industry Association, Xinghua Dainan Fastener Industry Association, Yangjiang Fastener Industry Association, Foshan Fastener Manufacturing Industry Association, Yongnian Standard Parts Association, Yongnian Import & Export Chamber of Commerce, Shahe City General Components Industry Office, Hangzhou Fastener Industry Chamber of Commerce, Shenzhen Fastener Industry Association, Wenzhou Fastener Industry Association, Yangjiang Machinery Equipment Industry Association, Suzhou Fastener Intelligent Manufacturing Chamber of Commerce, Haiyan County Fastener Trade Association, Jiaxing Fastener Import & Export Enterprises Association, Jiashan County Fastener Industry Association
Supporters:
National Fastener Standardization Technical Committee, Shanghai University (Zhejiang) High-End Equipment Basic Parts Materials Research Institute, Baosteel Co., Ltd. Tube, Pipe and Bar Business Unit, Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Special Steel Company, Xingtai Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Xiangtan Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Yonggang Group Co., Ltd., Xinji City Aosen Special Steel Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai Fastener and Welding Materials Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shanghai General Aviation Industry Association, Shanghai Heat Treatment Industry Association
Overseas Support:
European Fastener Distributors Association (EFDA), Hong Kong Screw Industry Association, Taiwan Screw Industry Association, Taiwan Screw Trade Association, Korea Fastener Industry Cooperative, Japan Screw Institute, Brazilian Fastener Institute, Indian Fastener Association, Taiwan "Fastener World", Turkey "Fastener Eurasia Magazine", Fastenerdata, Poland "Fastener Magazine in Poland", Russia "Fasteners. Adhesives, Tools and..."
Review of the Previous (2026) Exhibition
The 2026 Shanghai International Fastener Industry Expo concluded successfully, setting multiple new highs:
Exhibition Area: 60,000 ㎡
Number of Exhibitors: Over 1,000
Countries and Regions: 69
Professional Visitors: 36,677 visits / 3,242 overseas
Contact Information
Shanghai Company
Tel: 021-6308 1079
Email: 021@Afastener.com
Guangzhou Company
Tel: 020-8985 7959
Email: 020@Afastener.com
Official Website: https://www.afastener.com/
